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[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Samw

I personally know of an instance where a healthy bta that had attached to a rock during the day getting blown into a powerhead intake during the night and getting chewed up. This is why I would suggest letting the anemone start in a low flow area and then let it go where it wants. There is a lot of turbulence in some of these SPS tanks. Not worth taking a risk. An established anemone would probably have no problems but a newly introduced one is a different case.

Sam, I think you're mixing two different notions with your advice. Powerhead, pump, stream, etc. inputs are indeed a risk for the obvious reasons.

But that's not the same as saying "put it in an area of low flow." If the flow is inadequate to blow off detritus then you open the door for an opportunistic infection or pathogen, and for a stressed anemone this can be equally fatal as a bad powerhead injury. (Not that I'm saying Brad's is stressed! But just in general, it's fair to expect that usually there is a level of some stress from a newly aquired anemone {how much is going to depend on what it's gone through beforehand}.)

I'm not disputing what you say at all about the powerheads, and sorry if I wasn't clear on this. It's just that, to me, these are not mutually exclusive goals, but depending on how it's phrased it may be suggestive of such.

If you can get the placement right, right from the beginning, then there's no need for the anemone to "find what's right." It's not really magic ... each species has a fairly defined niche on the reef and all we have to do, as captive reef caretakers, is provide for that.

Brad, BTW, the spot yours is in looks really good. Wish you all the best success, and I can't wait to see more captive splits available in the hobby up here in Canuckada...